Environmental Assessment · Tiller Ranger District · updated 9/28/2026 · decision 4/2027 (Estimated)
About 5 miles south of Tiller Oregon in Douglas and Jackson Counties in Upper Cow Creek planning area with Threehorn Mountain to the east and Panther Peak to the west. · Douglas; Jackson, Oregon
4051 ac commercial thinning in stands under 80 years old, 2398 ac noncomm thinning, 10481 ac prescribed burning would contribute to roadside shaded fuelbreak PODs along 82 road miles. Administrative site prep for new Remote Access Weather Station with closure of 2.2 mi roads. 40 culvert improvements
Forest productsFuels management
Project documents
Environmental Assessment · North Umpqua Ranger District · updated 8/3/2026 · decision 4/2027 (Estimated)
The project is primarily within the Middle and Upper Steamboat Creek subwatersheds, approximately 40 miles east of Glide in Douglas County Oregon. · Douglas; Lane, Oregon
Treat approximately 10,054 acres to restore and maintain late seral forest conditions to support species that rely on those habitats and to improve the water quality of the project area and subwatersheds. https://usfs-public.box.com/s/r1enoh45v1h9oo472yxjsumgi5sr7dde
Forest productsFuels managementVegetation management (other than forest products)
Project documents
Categorical Exclusion · Tiller Ranger District · updated 5/26/2026
The project area is a little under a mile up the 2800 road from the Tiller Ranger Station. It involves the Forest Service land adjacent to the private parcel within the same section 27. Legal Location: Township 30S, Range 2W, Section 27 · Douglas, Oregon
This project is to authorize a special use permit for the use of a small tract of Forest Service land by an adjacent landowner. https://usfs-public.box.com/s/8qgptlpe2r8qn9t1k8opu65fwfox1d3r
Special use management
NEPA Start Date
1/22/2026
Finding/Decision Date
4/30/2026
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | USDA-28d-USFS |
| Decision Signed Date | 4/30/2026 |
Environmental Assessment · Tiller Ranger District · updated 1/26/2026
Buckeye Creek Watershed · Douglas, Oregon
This project seeks to provide research opportunities, promote forest structural diversity, develop a more resilient landscape, and improve watershed health. It proposes thinning, prescribed burning, fuel breaks, and transportation system changes.
Recreation managementWildlife, fish, rare plantsForest productsVegetation management (other than forest products)Fuels managementWatershed managementRoad management
Comment Period
06/04/2025
Objection Period Start
08/18/2025
Decision
01/2026 (Estimated)
Implementation
02/2026 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | 218 (2013) Non-HFRA |
| Project Activity | Road Decommissioning; Fuel Treatments (Non-Activity Fuels); Forest Vegetation Improvements; Dispersed Recreation Mgmt.; Noxious Weed Treatments; Road Maintenance; Travel Management; Timber Sales (Green); Watershed Improvements |
| Forests | Umpqua National Forest |
| Districts | Tiller Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Township 29 South, Range 1 East, Sections 11-16, 20-29, and 32-35, and Township 29 South, Range 2 East, Sections 7-24, and 27-30, Willamette Meridian. |
Decision Memo · Cottage Grove Ranger District · updated 5/16/2025
The Project area is within the Row River Watershed. The legal land location is Township 23S, Range 1W, Sections 12 and 13; and Township 23S, Range 1E, Sections 18 and 19, Willamette Meridian. · Lane, Oregon
Harvest of up to 250 acres of dead and dying timber impacted by the 2024 Lane 1 wildfire.
Forest products
Decision
05/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
05/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (13), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(13) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Timber Sales (Salvage) |
| Forests | Umpqua National Forest |
| Districts | Cottage Grove Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Decision Memo · Tiller Ranger District · updated 5/6/2025
The legal land location is Township 31S, Range 1W, Sections 4, 6-9, 15-18, 19-22, 27-30; and Township 31S, Range 2W, Sections 1-2, 11-14, 24, Willamette Meridian. · Douglas, Oregon
Harvest of approximately 216 acres of dead and dying timber impacted by the 2024 Devil's Knob wildfire.
Forest products
Decision
05/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
05/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.2 (13), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(13) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Timber Sales (Salvage) |
| Forests | Umpqua National Forest |
| Districts | Tiller Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |
Decision Memo · Tiller Ranger District · updated 1/29/2025
Forest Service Roads 2800, 2826, and 2900, on the Tiller Ranger District · Douglas, Oregon
The project aims to conduct repairs along specified Forest Service Roads to prevent further damage both to the roads and to the adjacent waterways.
Watershed managementRoad management
Decision
01/2025 (Estimated)
Implementation
04/2025 (Estimated)
Project documents
NEPA / regulatory detail
| Categorical Exclusion | 32.12 (4), 36 Cfr 220.6(D)(4); 32.2 (18), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(18); 32.2 (20), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(20); 32.2 (24), 36 Cfr 220.6(E)(24) |
| Special Authority | Not Applicable / Other |
| Notice and Comment Regulation | Not Subject to Regulations |
| Project Activity | Road Maintenance; Road Improvements/Construction; Watershed Improvements |
| Forests | Umpqua National Forest |
| Districts | Tiller Ranger District |
| Legal Land Description | Not Applicable |